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G; R@ wis. BRICK CLEANING MACHINE. APPLICATIONv FILEDv MAY l. |917 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

G'.- H. lvfs. BRICK CLEANING MACHINE. APPLICATION man MAYI. 1911 v v 2sHEETssHET 2.

THE COLUMBIA FLANoanAPH to.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

. ing at West Pike, Ulysses, R. F. D. 2, in the,

GEORGE RILEY IvEs, or' wEsI` PIKE,Y ULYssEs, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRICK-CLEANINGA MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1,1917.y Serial,No.,16i5,754. Y Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RILEY IvEs, a farmer, citizen of the'United States, residcounty of Potter and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain useful Improvements in Brick-Cleaning Machines, offwhich ythe following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to a brick cleaning machine, and has for 'its primary object to providea` machine of this character wherein used bricks can be cleaned by the removal from the surfacesthereof of mortar, cement, or the like, with despatch, thereby veleminat- Y ing the hand cleaning of the same and thus minimizing labor for this purpose.

Another object Vof the invention is ,the

y' provision of a Vmachine of thisfcharacter wherein the cutting wheel is adapted to be driven from amotor so that a single operator is required in the handling of a machine, and a maXimum number of bricks can be i cleaned with minimum labor andtime,

Still another object is the provision of a brick cleaning machine, -the grinding disk of which is completely` shielded, the shield having an opening formed therein to permit i bricks to be presented to the grinding surface of the disk. rlhe edges of this opening formed in this shield are beveled, bothv for the purpose of grinding mortar 0H the corners of bricks and for the purpose of z permitting the-easy removal of bricks after having been subjected to the grinding opera.-

tion. Y

A further object of the invention -is `the provision of a machine of this character` which possesses simplicity in construction,

durability, efficiency in operation andxalsoone which may be manufacturedat a minimum cost. Y

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter set forth.

rlhe invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplied in the construction hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine constructed in accordance with the ivention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

-wheel rig. i is View Similar 0 rig. 1 but; looking toward the opposite side ofthe machine. A A

Fig. 5 is an elevation; Y

y Patented Aug. 12 191,9;

is al perspective view of theicutter;

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the' line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Y

VSimilar reference characters indicateA cor-YY respondingV parts throughout the several views of thedrawing. ,A Y VVReferring to the drawing in detail, the machine comprises a frame A having a top section 10v and legs 11, with upper and lower braces 12 and 13 respectively, the braces being connected to the topsection 10 andsaid legs 11, while the braces 13 connect they legs 11 together at their lower ends, thereby assuring a rigid frame-structure.x

'Upon the side walls of the top section'vl,

Inevdially thereof, Vare block bearings 141:v in

which is journaled a driven shaft 15 which, l

extends transversely of the .frame and has iXed to its rear end a belt pulley 16- over which is adapted to be trained a suitable belt driven from a motor which may be of any desirable type.

Next to the front side of the frame A and keyed upon the driven shaft within the top section of said frame is a cutter which'is in the form of a disk 17 provided at its. outer side with radially disposed cutting teeth 18 which are disposed concentrically of the shaft 15 andare adapted to cut and remove mortar, cement or the like from faces or cor-` ners of a brick when presented yto the chine in -a manner hereinafter described.

' The frontsideoff the frame A has mounted thereon a covering 19, and xed to this covering is a work support 2O for the positioning of a brick thereon to present the same to the cutting teeth 18 of the cutter, the covering 19 being formed-with an opening or slot 21 through which is passed the brick to bring the same into the path of the cutting edges of the teeth 18 of said cutter, and when the latter is rotated the teeth will remove all mortar, cement or the like from the face of the brick and in this manner the said brick will be cleaned of the material or matter adhering thereto so that said brick can be reused for building purposes.

The opening 'or slot 21, it will be observed, is provided with beveled edges both at its top and at either end. This arrangement ment obviates the necessity for having to pull the brick sidewise away from the grinding disk, such as would be necessary were the beveled edges not provided. This arrangement of the beveled edges greatly facilitates the grinding operation in that it permits it to be done more quickly, an operator simply sliding the brick along the support 2O until it drops in against the face of the grinding disk. Vhen the mortar has been removed, the sliding movement being again given to the brick, it is continued to the other end of the work support, the beveled edge of the opening, asbefore stated, directing the brick away from the grinding disk. Thus'it is not necessary for an operator after grinding brick to move to a position where he has to pull the brick laterally away from the disk.

The beveled edge at the top of the opening 2l performs the same function as do the other beveled edges by directing` the brick away from the grinding disk, if the mortar is being removed by raising and lowering the brick as it is being operated upon by the grinding disk. Again, the side beveled edges of the opening provide for effectively removing mortar Vfrom `the corners of bricks, these beveled edges providing a substantial support for holding a brick in such an angu lar position on the support 20 that its edge is presented to the teeth of the grinding disk.

The upper end of the covering 19 is upwardly bowed or conveXed and has fixed thereto an upwardly bowed guard or shield 22 which overlies the cutter so as to prevent the loosened'material or dust, dirt or the like from flying, to the detriment of the operator of the machine.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the herein described brick cleaning machine will be readily apparent and, therefore, a more eX- tended explanation has lbeen omitted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A machine of the character describedcomprising Aa supporting frame, a shaft journaled transversely thereon, a disk mounted on the shaft and having teeth on its outer side thereby forming a cutter, a covering on the supporting frame completely shielding the disk on the toothed side of the latter, the covering having a rectangular opening to expose the teeth of the disk, and a supporting shelf attached to the coveringand adjoining the lower edge of the opening and extending beyond either end thereof, the said opening having its top and end edges beveled in toward the disk whereby bricks may be slid valong the shelf for presentation to the disk, the beveled edges of the opening serving to direct the bricks away from the disk as the sliding is continued.

2. A machine of the character described comprising a supporting frame, a rotary disk mounted in the frame and having cutting teeth on its outer side, and a, covering mounted on the frame and shielding the disk on the tooth side of the latter, the covering having an opening formed therein to expose the cut-ting teeth, the opening having its edges beveled in toward the disk, whereby a brick being` operated upon may be easily directed away from the disk or supported in an angular position with respect to the disk for grinding upon the edges of the brick.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE RILEY IVES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, 'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

